Jeff Koons Talks AI, a $100 M. Modigliani in Paris, and More: Industry Moves for October 21, 2026

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Broad Essex accents fill the stage in Danny Lee Wynter’s sprawling family drama. The busy script from the Black Superhero playwright is crammed with a fractious extended family treading heavily over old arguments, but the production sings when an old friend swans back into town. Set across the 80s and 90s in the shadow of the Aids crisis, this story’s beating heart travels around on tap shoes. Quiet teenager Ted (Leo Whitfield Harris in his stage debut) is surrounded by the loud swirl of his feuding family, with everyone’s rusty views on queerness, race and masculinity grating against each other as they clear out his showtune-loving nanna’s house in Ilford. His father (a bolshie Gershwyn Eustache Jr) is pushing him towards boxing and girls, so Ted grits his teeth and resists anything seen as weakness, but in doing so he resists kindness too. A chaotic neon home … Peter McKintosh’s set for Ilford Boy Photograph: Helen MurrayThere is sharpness and humour within the core family’s spiky arguments, with an abundance of anguished love offered by Ted’s mum (Ria Zmitrowicz), though some of the wider family could have more substance.

Winds reportedly dislodged the piece of roofing material that struck Rogério Renato Mateucci, a Brazilian university rector. A piece of roof material struck and killed Rogério Renato Mateucci, a Brazilian university rector, while he was on a walking tour of architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Friday, October 16. Heavy winds dislodged the piece of debris that struck the educator, who died instantly, a spokesperson with the Scottsdale Police Department told Hyperallergic. His death is currently under investigation as a weather-related incident, the spokesperson added. Mateucci had been the rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná in Brazil since 2022, and earned multiple degrees in higher education leadership as a member of the Marist Catholic order. "The Foundation extends its deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of the individual who died," the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, which owns and operates the property, said in a statement shared to Instagram. "No further details will be shared out of respect for privacy and to allow officials to complete their work. The property is closed to the public until further notice.

Bondi Beach, a neighborhood east of central Sydney, is about as iconic a surf spot as they come. Its eponymous crescent beach glows with golden sand, and its cliffs frame stunning scenery. In December 2025, it was also the site of a tragic terrorist attack, when two men opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration, killing 15 people. (Gun deaths, let alone mass shootings, are exceedingly rare in Australia, especially compared to the U. S.) At Bondi, heroism and a sense of community converged in its beautiful setting, reinforcing pride of place. And it’s again home, at least temporarily, to “the world’s largest free to the public sculpture exhibition.” Sculpture by the Sea organizes an annual outdoor presentation of dozens of sculptures every year along a 1.25-mile stretch of coastline, highlighting work by artists from around the world. Styles and materials vary greatly, from geometric abstraction to myriad representational forms. Emma Anna’s “DREAM_N” resembles a giant Scrabble letter rack, while Andre Braun’s “Surface Breach” depicts a giant hand breaking free from the earth.

rather than interpreting scent through conventional visual representations, garza approaches five fragrances as individual memories, translating their character into physical materials and spatial experiences. Leonardo Garza edited by christina vergopoulou October 21, 2026 3 min prefer designboom on googleGARZA TRANSLATES BYREDO FRAGRANCES INTO SPATIAL INSTALLATIONDesigned by Mexican creator Leonardo Garza for BYREDO’s official launch in Mexico, Matter / Memory is an interactive spatial installation that translates five of the brand’s signature fragrances into physical materials, tactile movement, reflection, and acoustic soundscapes. Moving away from conventional visual representations of scent, the design approaches each fragrance as a distinct memory, reinterpreting its sensory notes through raw, tactile mediums and structured spatial experiences.all images ©Noldomovable STEEL SPHERES float ACROSS CURVED GLASS FRAGMENTSThe installation by GARZA Studio consists of five curved fragments, each containing a different material composition beneath a transparent surface.